In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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… your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him? Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. Have you thought recently about the power of words? I find it rather encouraging in a day of missiles and rockets and bombs to remind myself that there is probably nothing more powerful than a well-spoken and well-timed word. Someone has said, colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. It was Solomon 29 centuries ago who said, Words fitly spoken are like apples of gold in settings of silver. As an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. I love that turn of a phrase, apples of gold in settings of silver. What's true of wise words is also true of harsh words. Who of us hasn't been wounded by the word of another? Sometimes they not only land on us and impact us, they remain embedded in our brains like shrapnel from a grenade. …
… you should be aware of that. And then that leads us to Matthew 7, verse 12. So we're going to go back to Matthew 7, verse 12. And in this case, we're looking at, well, we're looking at what William Barclay, the great biblical scholar said, is the ethical Mount Everest. That is the golden rule. Now, one mom noted one morning, she said, following an evening of explaining the golden rule to my preschool daughter, Katie, I quizzed her, what's the golden rule, Katie? With a look of exasperation, she replied, I know, I know, the golden rule is you're my mommy. No, that is not the golden rule. So you know the golden rule, though, and let's put it up on the screen. Let's say it together. This is one translation of it, but let's put it up. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. By the way, today we have at core.org slash next a photo of this that you can download and then you can turn it into your wallpaper on your phone. …
… how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him? So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you. For this sums up the law and the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. but small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. This is God's word. We're going to do a brief series by Jesus, sayings by Jesus on finding. And you see, though it's actually acceptable nowadays to say I'm spiritually searching, it's not acceptable to say I found. It's okay to say I'm searching for God, but to say I found God is not. Why not? because it's narrow. We see we want to search, but we're afraid to say we found it because it's narrow. Now, in this text, Jesus frontally confronts the issue of spiritual finding and the implication of narrowness. …